Martin Paul

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Martin Paul
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-02-02) 2 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Whalley, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1996 Bristol Rovers 22 (1)
1996 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0)
1996–2001 Bath City 164 (84)
2001–2002 Newport County
2002–2005 Chippenham Town
2005 Bath City 27 (4)
2005–2006 Mangotsfield United
2006 Chippenham Town
2007–2008 Bath City 13 (4)
2008– Chippenham Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Paul (born 2 February 1975) is an English former professional footballer.

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Career

Paul began his career as a trainee with Bristol Rovers. He played 29 first-team games before being released in 1996. He joined Doncaster Rovers, but in November 1996 joined Bath City. [1] After initially struggling to establish himself, Paul became a regular goalscorer for Bath, including scoring 30 goals in the 1998–99 season to be the top scorer in the Southern League. [1]

He was sold to Newport County in May 2001 for £3,000, [1] from where he moved to Chippenham Town, again for a four-figure fee, in July 2002. [2] He returned to Bath City in February 2005. [3] However, his second spell with Bath was not as successful as his first and he left to join Mangotsfield United in December 2005. [4]

He was linked with a move to Paulton Rovers in September 2006, [5] and later played for Chippenham before retiring during the 2006–07 season. He did however come out of retirement to play for Bath City in their Errea cup tie against Tiverton Town in January 2007, [6] and began playing in their league side again while on non-contract terms.

In February 2008 he signed again for Chippenham Town. [7]

Post-Retirement

Paul is currently the head coach of the Tyrone Mings Academy, providing football coaching opportunities for children in the South-West and the Midlands. [8] In 2023, Paul took on the role of Manager of the Bristol Rovers Women Development Team, competing in the South West Regional Women's Football League Northern Division.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Past Players: P". I Love Bath City. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Martin Paul". NonLeagueDaily. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Paul makes surprise return to City". NonLeagueDaily. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Striker completes Mangotsfield switch". NonLeagueDaily. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rovers want Paul". NonLeagueDaily. 26 September 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "City retire gracefully from Errea Cup to concentrate on real goal". I Love Bath City. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Paul joins Bluebirds for the third time". Wiltshire Times. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "About Us". tyronemingsacademy.com. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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